Network audio is especially useful to give freedom from cables when player is run on a tablet or other wireless device.
Processing is performed by the player application and the processed data is then asynchronously streamed over network to a very lightweight network audio adapter interfacing to the DAC. Asynchronous FIFO provides maximum isolation between processing and audio reproduction.
Devices with built-in NAA:
‣ aqua LinQ
‣ iFi ZEN Stream and NEO Stream
‣ exaSound s82 Streaming DAC, s88 Streaming DAC, streamers and servers
‣ Sonore microRendu and ultraRendu
‣ SOtM sMS-200, sMS-200ultra and sMS-1000SQ
‣ innuos systems
‣ Rockna Wavedream NET
‣ StackAudio Link II
‣ T+A SD 3100 HV and SDV 3100 HV
‣ Silent Angel Rhein Z1 Plus
‣ exaSound PlayPointDM, Sigma Streamer, Gamma Server and Delta Server
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